Differences in feeding ecology predict differences in performance between golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) and Wied's marmosets (Callithrix kuhli) on spatial and visual memory tasks

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-393

  Platt, Michael L ^a,d   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^b   Briese, Tara L ^c   French, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LION; MALE; MARMOSET; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX KUHLI; LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA; MARMOSETS; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 0030443664     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199010     Document Type: Article

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